Journalist Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3121.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SWALWELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 77, May 5, 2023, Page H2138):
  Article I, Section 8, specifically clause 18 related to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress. The single subject of this legislation is: Establishes new criminal offenses for intentional acts (or attempts to commit acts) that cause bodily injury to a journalist in the process of newsgathering.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 5, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  352 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3121, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3121

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ba4bb242f82991da2f707b11d76c7e40e29bf2324851ede883e85a1432ef7145

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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